The Traveller's Good Health Guide - Softcover

Lankester, Ted

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0859698858 ISBN 13: 9780859698856

Publisher: Sheldon Pr

Synopsis

This is the essential health guide for anyone planning a long trip overseas - either on secondment or as a volunteer. Topics covered include immunisations, malaria precautions and what you need to take with you, as well as essential guidelines on food, water and other threats to health. There is advice on how to recognise common diseases and what to do about them, as well as dealing with health checks and reverse culture shock when you return. Here is all the clear, concise information you need to know to stay healthy abroad.

About this title

About the Author

Ted Lankester is the Director of Interhealth, an international travel health centre which specialises in care of overseas workers. He has been a GP, lived with his family in the Himalayas for eight years, and travelled extensively throughout the world

Review

"It is always a delight to review a book that one really enjoys and finds informative. This excellent, compact publication is essentially a guide for backpackers, travellers, volunteers and overseas workers. It has the hallmark of being written by an experienced traveller who is also a distinguished travel health adviser." British Travel Health Association

About this edition

• Publisher: Sheldon Pr
• ISBN 10: 0859698858
• ISBN 13: 9780859698856
• Binding: Paperback